OUR LATEST NEWS AND COMMENTS ON THE DYNAMIC WORLD OF SHIPPING AND GLOBAL TRADE

After a weak July, when shipments fell by 1.3 Mt to 5.8 Mt, Colombian steam coal exports rose by 0.2 Mt year-on-year to a 15-month high of 7.7 Mt in August, IHS reports. Growth in August shipments was...

Turkish crude steel output dropped to a four-month low of 3.0 Mt in August, down by 5.7% year-on-year, the Turkish Steel Producers Association reports. This was the first time since 2015 that production...

Taiwanese coal imports rose by 0.4 Mt year-on-year to a fourteen-month high of 6.6 Mt in July as higher shipments from Australia and Indonesia countered a drop in cargoes from South Africa, IHS reports....

Japan’s Steel Production Rises

Japanese crude steel output edged up to 8.8 Mt in August, 0.9% higher year-on-year, the Japan Iron and Steel Association reports. Steel output in January-August grew by 0.8% on the same period in 2017 to 70.2 Mt.

Japanese oil refiners have temporarily halted loadings of Iranian oil and are buying alternative supplies, as it remains unclear whether waivers will be granted from the upcoming US sanctions on Iran...

Coal exports from the five Queensland ports of Gladstone, Dalrymple Bay, Hay Point, Abbott Point and Mackay slipped to a four-month low of 18.0 Mt in August, down by 1.4 Mt year-on-year, port authority...

Canada’s iron ore exports surged to a record 4.8 Mt (excl. cargoes to the US) in July, up by 1.0 Mt year-on-year, according to the Tex Report, as shipments accelerated following the ending of strike...